airlift

英 ['eəlɪft] 美 ['erlɪft]

• n. 空运；空中补给线
• v. 空运

英英释义

Noun:

1. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

Verb:

1. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;

   "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin.
   空运给柏林提供了一条生命线。
2. Our airlift was proceeding in stunning fashion .
   我们的空运进行得十分出色。
3. Without such airlift, the new force may be as powerless as the one it replaces.
   没有这些空中补给，新部队同其所要取代的部队一样将会无能为力。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The army has been able to airlift many survivors to safety by helicopter.
   军队已经能够以直升机空运许多幸存者到安全地区。
2. Civilians trapped in the beleaguered city have been airlifted to safety.
   被围困在城里的老百姓已空运到安全地区。

词汇搭配

• strategic airlift 战略空运
• airlift agitator 空气升液搅拌器...
• airlift capability ; 空运能力
• tactical airlift 战术空运
• airlift pump 气泡泵
• airlift doctrine 空中运输组织原则...
• airlift foot 空气升液管管脚...

近反义词

【近义词】

• lift 举起
• air transport 空运(业),[采矿]风力...
• airborne operation 空降作战
• transport operation [法] 运输业务...
• flight 飞行
• fly 飞
• transfer 转移
• winch 绞车